If you haven’t seen Veronica Mars, don’t think it's a modern Nancy Drew. Sure, both are teen girl detectives with eponymous series. Veronica makes detective chicks more hip, more real, and a hell of a lot more entertaining than Nancy Drew could have imagined. Add the that fact Veronica Mars appeals to a smart audience who require more than pretty pictures. However, unlike a more contemporary comparison to say, Buffy, Veronica is saving people from themselves. One mystery at a time. This year’s mystery is a rape.
Apparently, when Veronica Mars sneaked into Mac’s room last week, Parker wasn’t having a good time, but was, instead, being raped. She’s the latest victim to wake up with a shaved head and no memories but knowing what happened.
Sexual assault is one of those things I’d rather not see in entertainment because it usually isn’t done tastefully. When someone is killed on a show, the audience knows it is fake and it is taken at face value. But, when someone is raped, the damage goes far beyond the act into what can be one of the cruelest forms of emotional torture, and it really isn’t entertaining. Ever. Add the stigma of blaming the victim for doing something wrong and you get a whole new dimension of why rape isn’t entertaining for me.
Keith Mars survived the mysterious shooting. Poor guy thought he was helping Kendall, but all he did was lead her into harm’s way — not to mention his own harm. When Keith leads the local police back to the scene of the crime, no evidence of Kendall is to be found -- except some blood on a picture. A picture that will benefit a food bank.
Appropriately, the relationship between guard and prisoner is the theme for a class Logan and Wallace are taking – and the subject of a study in which both volunteer to participate (it is based on the Zimbardo Stanford Prison Experiment). According to the Resident Advisor, the study is intense and life changing. Interestingly enough, Wallace and Logan are on opposite sides of the experiment. Guest star Rider Strong is taking his role as a guard seriously.
Logan comes up with some genius plan to help the prisoners out since the guards were relying on one guy to snap (Neal from Freaks and Geeks). Deception really is a recurring theme throughout Veronica Mars and it shows that it isn’t always a bad thing – sometimes it can save your skin. Unfortunately for the prisoners, Wallace also knows the value of false information. And yes, the professor is Homer Simpson, and, yes, you do hear someone say “d’oh!” during the experiment. Glad you noticed it, too.
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